1 year 5 months. Average level up is around 12 days, I only took one break for a couple weeks- and only recently started using reorder, and I should reach level 60 in about 7 months (so 2 years total).

I thought I’d seen a similar thread in recent memory. However neither of those came up when I searched… with 2 different sets of parameters (and literally pieces of those titles of threads! I blame Discourse! Stupid Discourse…)…

1 year 67 days. I remember earlier on I would check people’s profiles to see how fast they were going, and see if their pace was faster than mine. I found @Leebo’s and thought gggrrrrrr NOOOOOOOO!!! I was further ahead level wise but I realized then that he would finish in less total time. But I’m happy for him. I guess

Jokes aside, I was lucky enough to have the ability to make my life revolve around my reviews, so I can proudly say I didn’t miss a single day. Since reaching 60 though, I’ve been more lax and had a few days where I didn’t do them.

I actually finished last month- 2 months early. You’re almost there, really. Keeping a consistent pace was the most I ever did- and doing the bulk of the lessons and reviews that were available at once, sometimes throughout the day. (Definitely wouldn’t have completed them as quickly if I had started now with a full-time job instead of in the middle of university.)

I’m just amazed how you guys get to survive the lvls 40s with that pace. I’m completing my first 1/4 of WK soon (98 days into it), but I kinda doubt that I’ll be able to do those levels in 4 days. 5 days seems better, but still x)

I know I’m easily the lowest level here, but I’ve been doing WaniKani for almost exactly 3 months. I’ve had a couple instances of a few days where I didn’t do my reviews as often as usual (once for a conference, and once most recently in hurricane Harvey) that threw my level up progress off. I’m currently sitting at 9d6h level average, which would put me at level 60 in 1 year and 2 months from now, just under 1.5 years from when I started. It’s all about consistency. I’m hoping to keep my pace up and even improve it here soon, as my work just started back up and knocked me down to 1 review session a day. My advice is to find other sources to use for learning as well, such as Duolingo and Pimsleur. The more sources you learn from, the more comprehensive your understanding of Japanese will be.